Flynn on June 14th, 2009

A few months ago I published a brief piece on Bullinger and The Man who Thought he was a Robot. Today I want to build and expand on that post. What I will do here is post a series of rebuttal points to certain claims made here and here. The wider context [...]

Continue reading about Musculus and the Man in the Leaky Boat

Flynn on May 19th, 2009

Here is an interesting exercise for our readers, a good lesson in how now to do historical research.
The danger which many of our internet uber-apologists is that they fall into a closed loop of relying on secondary sources, which results in the publishing of disinformation.  They end up, then, in a closed [...]

Continue reading about How not to Quote-Mine

Flynn on March 31st, 2009

He has done it again.
Must reads:

On the atonement, part 6: universal atonement fails to actually accomplish redemption for anyone

On the atonement, part 5: universal salvation, or double payment
I think Dominic’s thoughts here just blow the limited expiation/imputation view out of the water. :-)
A couple of clarifying points, from experience with old friends, there [...]

Continue reading about On the Atonement: Rebutting Standard Misconceptions

Flynn on March 19th, 2009

For those interested, there are some interesting statements from Edwards on the Redemption and death of Christ found at Theological Meditations. As more and more of Edwards’ writings become available, I think we be surprised by what we will find.
David

Continue reading about Edwards on the Redemption of Christ

This essay is also hosted here.
One of the most common arguments for what is popularly called limited atonement is the argument that it is either the case that Christ died to merely make men savable, or to effectually save some (as opposed to all). However, we know that it is true that Christ so died [...]

Continue reading about Universal Ineffectual Atonement vs Limited Effectual Atonement: An Argument for Limited Atonement